CULTURE

10 of the best films to watch this May

If you need someone to adapt an all-American bestseller involving aquatic wildlife, Olivia Newman is the film-maker for you. Following…

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The enchanting history of Oxford University’s 750-year-old medieval library

Today, just a few volumes in the library are chained – purely for display purposes. And the remaining books are…

5 months ago

‘Slick, suave and a little sexy’: Herb Alpert

You could see Alpert's popularity as a last hurrah for the sort of jazz-inflected easy listening that ruled the airwaves…

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Michael Jackson film set to be a controversial hit

All the same, the allegations remain a part of Jackson's life story, complicating the attempt to turn his life into…

5 months ago

10 intimate images of a lost, decadent 1930s Paris

8. Kiki de Montparnasse with her Friends Thérèse Treize de Caro and Lily (Kiki de Montparnasse avec ses amies Thérèse Treize…

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The 'bizarre' story of the world's first LSD trip

Dr Albert Hoffman discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943 Source link

6 months ago

Eight of the best films of 2026 so far

From a touching sci-fi blockbuster to a wilfully provocative comedy-drama Source link

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10 of the best TV shows of 2026 so far

From an outrageous Ryan Murphy body horror to a new Game of Thrones prequel Source link

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Why Chow Yun-Fat is cinema’s greatest action hero

And if Woo helped lay the foundations of modern action cinema, Chow was right alongside him, showing what the ideal…

6 months ago

The centuries-old origins of current fairy fiction

Fallen angels and demi-godsThe debate over what exactly fairies are – fallen angels, demi-gods, the spirits of humans – continues,…

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